The Elusive Corporal

The Elusive Corporal

63% | May 23, 1962 | Comedy, Drama, War

The story serves as a companion piece to Renoir's 1937 film, Grand Illusion, once more bringing together men from across the broad social spectrum of French society to depict one man's Sisyphean efforts to escape captivity in a German POW camp.

Featured Cast

Jean Renoir
Director
Georges Leclerc
Director of Photography

Cast

Ballochet
Claude Rich
Ballochet
Émile, aka 'Penche-à-gauche', waiter
Jacques Jouanneau
Émile, aka 'Penche-à-gauche', waiter
'Caruso', amateur athlete, insurance agent
Mario David
'Caruso', amateur athlete, insurance agent

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